Improved beagket-shelf and drawee



Lewis eines; or CANTON, lonto.v

Letters PatentNa 76,434, dated April 7, 1868.

irriteren BRACKET-SHELF AND' DRAWER.

diga rtnhxile referrer in in time Eaters datent mit making part nf its sulla.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, LEWIS GIBBs, of Canton, in the county of Stark, andState of Ohio, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Brackets and Shelf, and with or without a Drawer, the same being designed asa receptacle for papers, books, brushes,` combs, clocks,jewelry, matches, and any other articles of a light or portable character; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and' exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making la part of this specification, in which- Figures 1, Zand 3 represent three different modifications of one and the same general plan of construction of the shelf and bracketaand Figure 4 represents an end'view of the plan shown fin fig. 3. I Similar letters of reference, where they occur in the separate figures, denote like parts of the bracketed shelf in all cases. i

My intention consists-in a bracketed shelf, with a railing Yorguard in front ofthe shelf, which may bev fastenedv to the wall readily, and be removable at pleasure, and which shelf may have a drawer or drawers connected therewith, the whole being designed as a general receptacle for holding or containing such articles as are generally used about a. house, office, or apartment.

To lenable others skilled in the art to make and usemy invention, I will proceed to describe the same with Y reference to the drawings.

The shelf portion proper, A, I prefer to vmake of wood, though'it may, like theother portions, be made of metal, if so preferred. Around the shelf A, I make or place an ornamented or plain metallic rail vor guard,`B, so that whatever is placed on the shelf shall not slip olf; This margin', railing, or guard may also, for the sake ofornan'ient, extend below the shelf, as seen in the drawings, figs. 1 and 3. Underneath the shelf A, I place metallic bracketsc c, for the purpose of supporting the shelf against or on a wall, partition, o r any other permancnt object. p

In fig. 1, the front central portion ofthe shelf is projected beyond the sides, and under this projected portion I .place a drawer,'D, for matcheso'r other small articles, `an additional ornamented mould crrailing being placed at, around, or underneath said drawer. With the exception of the shelf proper andthe drawer, the whole may be cast in highly-wrought, open, ornamental work in metal, and be made 'very handsome bypainting orbronzing, or by being cast in brass, bronze, or other metals, the cheaper `ones being cast in iron or some alloy hard enough to resist suchlight strains as the shelfwould b ordinarilyv subjected to.

In iig. 2 the same general characteristics as in tig.l 1 are found, the railing'or Tgu'ard B extending up further above 'the shelf A, and not so far below'it. l The railing, to0,curves outward, and is differently o rnarnented.` The drawer D and brackets C lare in the sance general location, and for the same general purpose.

In figs. Sand 4 the railing extends both Aabove and below theshelfA; otherwise, except as toits ornamentation, it is the same as in figs. 1 and 2. i 'Ihe drawer, when designed for' a match-drawer, may have a sand or other roughened bottom on or to it,` to draw the match upon,but the shelf may be made without the drawer, but is more completewith it. v i

The' ornamentation on the castings may be changed ad infinitum, and, of. course, I do not restrict myself to an)r special kind or character of ornament. l

Having thus fully described mydinvention, what Iclaim therein as new, and'desire to secure'by Letters Patent, is- Y bracketed shelf, withornamented or plainrailingor guard around its margins or edges, andwith a drawer, substantially in thc manner and for the purpose herein described and represented. 'i

LEWIS GIBBS.

Witnesses:

WL W. CLARK, J. J. CLARK. 

